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600 The Hopewell culture of North America ceases to be the dominant culture.
986 Explorer Bjarni Herjólfsson becomes the first inhabitant of the Old World to sight North America
1000 Leif Ericson lands in North America, calling it Vinland.
1010 Viking
explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date).
1170 According to folklore, the Welsh
prince Madoc sailed to North America and founded a colony.
1196 According to a popular legend, Prince Madog of Gwynedd reached North America in what is present-day Alabama
.
1497 John Cabot
lands in North America, either an island or the mainland.
1535 French
explorer Jacques Cartier
sets sail for his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's 2 sons (who Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).
1539 In Florida
, Hernando de Soto
lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold
. He also introduced pigs into North America
1544 First occurrence of rats in North America
1578 Martin Frobisher
held the first celebration of Thanksgiving
by Europeans in North America at Newfoundland
by the Frobisher Expedition.
1604 France
begins settling Acadia, first successful French
North American colony
.
1607 Jamestown, Virginia
, is settled as what would become the first permanent English
colony in North America.
1639 The first printing press in North America is started in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1640 First book printed in North America, the Bay Psalm Book.
1648 Discovery of strait (Bering Strait) between Asia
and North America by Semyon Dezhnev
1652 Rhode Island
passes the first law in North America making slavery
illegal.
1666 Jean Talon completes a census of New France, the first census
in North America.
1690 The colony of Massachusetts
issues the first paper money in America
.
1727 First Amish
move to America
.
1755 General Braddock lands in Virginia
to take command of the English forces against the French in North America
1764 The English-language ''Quebec Gazette'' is established in Quebec City
, Quebec
, Canada
. As of 2005, it is the oldest surviving newspaper
in North America.
1765 The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British
military operations in North America.
1773 The British Parliament passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company
by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea
trade.
1774 The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec
in British North America.
1800 First smallpox
vaccination
in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland.
1844 Influential North American fraternity
Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University
.
1851 The first YMCA
in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
1873 Royal Montreal Club in Montreal, Quebec is founded, becoming the first permanent golf club in North America.
1879 At New York City
's Madison Square Garden
the first artificial ice rink in North America opens.
1880 terrible winter storm in North America, the "Blizzard
of 1880".
1897 The Boston
subway opens, becoming the first underground metro
in North America.
1919 XWA (now CFCF), in Montreal, Quebec, is the first public radio station
in North America to go on the air.
1945 Saskatchewan Government Insurance, the first state-owned automobile insurance company in North America, is created.
1945 Russian code clerk Igor Gouzenko defects to Canada
. He helps the West gain an understanding of Soviet
spy rings in North America.
1994 An annular eclipse of the sun
is visible across much of North America.
1998 The fourth generation of VW's Passat automobile
goes on sale in North America.
2004 The final episode of ''Friends'' airs on NBC, drawing an estimated 52 million viewers in North America.
2005 Microsoft
releases the Xbox 360 gaming console in North America.
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